India has successfully tested a new 'Star Wars'-like laser weapon capable of shooting down drones several kilometres away.

India joins the US, China, and Russia in demonstrating Star Wars ... laser weapon system detects targets using radar. As a result, the Sunday test trial saw the futuristic weapon fire a laser beam ...

The system made by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tracked the drone, fired a laser beam and destroyed ... "that will give us Star Wars capability." ...

Separate beams of light would just pass through each other — not clump into one ultra-powerful laser of doom. In "Star Wars," lots of ... then, it's clear that Han was justified in shooting ...